The first World Record 100 m for men (athletics ) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912 .
Manual Timing Time Athlete Nat Location of race Date 10.6 Don Lippincott USA Stockholm , Sweden July 6 , 1912 Jackson Scholz USA September 16 , 1920 10.4 Charlie Paddock USA Redlands, California, USA April 23 , 1921 Eddie Tolan USA Stockholm, Sweden August 8 , 1929 Copenhagen , Denmark August 25 , 1929 10.3 Percy Williams CAN Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 9 , 1930 Eddie Tolan USA Los Angeles, California, USA August 1 , 1932 Ralph Metcalfe USA Budapest , Hungary August 12 , 1933 Eulace Peacock USA Oslo , Norway August 6 , 1934 Chris Berger NED Amsterdam , NetherlandsAugust 26 , 1934 Ralph Metcalfe USA Osaka , Japan September 15 , 1934 Dairen , China September 23 , 1934 Takanori Yoshioka JPN Tokyo , JapanJune 15 , 1935 10.2 Jesse Owens USA Chicago, Illinois, USA June 20 , 1936 Harold Davis USA Compton, California, USA June 6 , 1941 Lloyd LaBeach PAN Fresno, California, USA May 15 , 1948 Barney Ewell USA Evanston, Illinois, USA July 9 , 1948 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR Belgrade , Yugoslavia August 25 , 1951 Heinz Fütterer FRG Yokohama , JapanOctober 31 , 1954 Bobby Joe Morrow USA Houston, Texas, USA May 19 , 1956 Ira Murchison USA Compton, California, USA June 1 , 1956 Bobby Joe Morrow USA Bakersfield, California, USA June 22 , 1956 Ira Murchison USA Los Angeles, California, USA June 29 , 1956 Bobby Joe Morrow USA 10.1 Willie Williams USA Berlin , Germany August 3 , 1956 Ira Murchison USA August 4 , 1956 Leamon King USA Ontario, California, USA October 20 , 1956 Santa Ana, California, USA October 27 , 1956 Ray Norton USA San Jose, California, USA April 18 , 1959 10.0 Armin Hary FRG Zürich, Switzerland June 21 , 1960 Harry Jerome CAN Saskatoon, Canada July 15 , 1960 Horacio Esteves VEN Caracas , VenezuelaAugust 15 , 1964 Bob Hayes USA Tokyo, Japan October 15 , 1964 Jim Hines USA Modesto, California, USA May 27 , 1967 Enrique Figuerola CUB Budapest, Hungary June 17 , 1967 Paul Nash RSA Krugersdorp , South AfricaApril 2 , 1968 Oliver Ford USA Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA May 31 , 1968 Charles Greene USA Sacramento, California, USA June 20 , 1968 Roger Bambuck FRA 9.9 Jim Hines USA Ronnie Ray Smith USA Charles Greene USA Eddie Hart USA Eugene, Oregon, USA July 1 , 1972 Reynaud Robinson USA Steve Williams USA Los Angeles, California, USA June 21 , 1972 Silvio Leonard CUB Ostrava , Czechoslovakia June 5 , 1975 Steve Williams USA Siena , Italy July 16 , 1975 Berlin, Germany August 22 , 1975 Gainesville, Florida, USA March 27 , 1976 Harvey Glance USA Columbia, South Carolina, USA April 3 , 1976 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA May 1 , 1976 Don Quarrie JAM Modesto, California, USA May 22 , 1976
Electronic Timing Time Athlete Nat Location of race Date 9.95 Jim Hines USA Mexico City , Mexico October 14 , 1968 9.93 Calvin Smith USA Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA July 3 , 1983 Carl Lewis USA Rome , Italy August 30 , 1987 9.92 Seoul , South Korea September 24 , 1988 9.90 Leroy Burrell USA New York, New York, USA June 14 , 1991 9.86 Carl Lewis USA Tokyo, Japan August 25 , 1991 9.85 Leroy Burrell USA Lausanne , SwitzerlandJuly 6 , 1994 9.84 Donovan Bailey CAN Atlanta, Georgia, USA July 29 , 1996 9.79 Maurice Greene USA Athens , Greece June 16 , 1999 9.78 Tim Montgomery USA Paris , France September 14 , 2002
24 September 1988 until his disqualification three days later, on 27 September 1988 , the world record was held by Ben Johnson, with a time of 9.79 seconds.
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The reigning 100m world record holder is often named "the fastest man/woman in the world" . Major 100m races, such as at the Olympic Games, attract much attention, particularly when the world record is thought to be within reach. The current world record holder is Tim Montgomery of the United States, who ran a time of 9.78 seconds in Paris on September 14, 2002 .
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The current world record of 9.77 seconds is shared by Asafa Powell of Jamaica and Justin Gatlin of the United States. In the women's competition the world record belongs to Florence Griffith Joyner who ran a time of 10.49 seconds in Indianapolis on 16 July 1988 . Although Justin Gatlin's record has been ratified, it is pending disqualification by the IAAF for doping charges brought against him.
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